Zacha is really showing growth so Idk why theyd move him for a rental dman. Wood maybe could be had.

Devils instantly decline

Kerfoot has history with NJ… that trade isn’t going to happen.

NSH declines. A 2nd with a small + would be fair for Jarnkrok, but asking for a 4th and making them take Mikheyev tanks the value for the Preds.

i am looking forward to teh day the bertuzzi trades stop.

Put mikheyev in the Detroit trade, I like him doesn't add value for Toronto but we could take him

Yeah i don't think New Jersey would be very keen on reacquiring him. But Kerfoot did say that he almost signed with them. So I don't think it was acrimonious on his part.

Yup. One of the reasons he said he didn't want to sign with NJ was their center depth. Now they have even better center depth lol

Yeah you guys are set down the middle. I'm really intrigued by Zacha's offensive growth.

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Agree with this.
Zacha would really take a lot to move.

Would this be better?

Not really.
Sharangovich was a stud this year.
And is great kid. Not likely to be involved in any trade talks.

You’d find better places to move Rielly where you’d get full value. Devils probably wouldn’t want to give up much for rental.

Zacha really impressed me this year. 35 points in 50 games (close to 60 points in 82 game season)

His real growth came as a winger, where he was over a point per game (17 points 16 games)

I mean there's no reason they couldn't extend Rielly and now he's not just a rental

Sure, but not really addressing a need.
We have Ty Smith here.
Just because we can do something, doesn’t mean we should

I'll be honest, I know very little about the Devil's prospect pool as in who's ready who's not, looking at their current roster the D does look a touch on the weak side at the moment, I guess it depends if management feels they are a Morgan Rielly piece away from becoming competitive.

Cliff notes version

LD
Smith, Siegenthaler there now
Butcher one more year left.

Kevin Bahl is huge (6’7”) and skates very well. Needs to refine point play. Projects as top-4 and likely becomes regular next year.

Shakir Mukhamadullin is coming next summer from KHL. Big kid, just set KHL record for points as teenage d-man. Projects as top-4 with some top-pair upside (and back-to-KHL downside)

Ethan Edwards has 2-3 years at Michigan. He is offensive LHD with a lot of edge to his game. Has high ceiling, but likely bottom-pair offensive piece.

Okhotyuk is hard-hitting depth piece. He is close to NHL, but probably won’t be more than physical 6/7 d-man.

Vukojevich is size/skill project (and childhood friend of Hughes).

RD
Severson, Subban there now.

Reilly Walsh is smooth skating, puck-mover from Harvard. Right now, he likely arrives after next year and the hope is he fills Subbans role as offensive half on 2nd pair. Probably with Bahl.

Case McCathy is a defensive RD. Crease-clearing type with a bit of edge/nasty in his game. He is at Boston University now, and probably there for another year or two. His upside is he becomes stay-at-home partner to offensive LD on 2nd or 3rd pair.

In short, we have a lot of guys who project as middle-pair d-men. Could use another RD. And could use top-pair defensive stud.

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